Sanosuke is visiting the sukiyaki restaurant Akabeko, where he always leaves his bill on a tab. One of Akabeko's workers, Tae, asks him to go buy a Nishiki painting from the painting shop on her behalf. Though Sanosuke had no interest in paintings, he finds one at the store that catches his eye. It was a painting of the man he looked up to as his master back when he was a member of the Sekiho Army, Captain Sagara. With a gleam in his eyes, Sanosuke makes his way to meet with the artist of the painting.
The current government
is exhausted from the Seinan War,
،الحكومة الحاليّة منهكة بسبب حرب سينان
Die durch den Bürgerkrieg ausgelaugte 
Regierung wird keine Chance haben.
El Gobierno actual, debilitado por
la guerra Seinan, no tendrá oportunidad.
El Gobierno actual, debilitado por la
guerra Seinan, no tendrá nada que hacer.
Affaibli par la guerre de Seinan,
le gouvernement ne résistera pas.
Il governo attuale, indebolito dalla guerra di Seinan,
non avrebbe alcuna speranza.
O governo atual está exausto
com a Guerra do Sudoeste,
Правительство как раз обессилено
после Сацумского восстания!